THE SCREENING ROOM: Company of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Takes on Pharrell Williams' "Happy" (Video)

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05 May 2014

The cast and crew of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, which recently received ten Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical, celebrated with a video remake of Pharrell Williams' hit single "Happy."

Based on the 1907 novel "Israel Rank" by Roy Horniman, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder began Broadway previews Oct. 22, 2013, and officially opened Nov. 17 at the Walter Kerr Theatre.

The musical has a book by Robert L. Freedman, music by Steven Lutvak and lyrics by Freedman and Lutvak. Darko Tresnjak directs, and Peggy Hickey choreographs.

Here's how the dark musical comedy is billed: "Monty Navarro (Pinkham) has just received some really great news from his late mother’s lifelong friend Miss Shingle (Carr)! He’s a long-lost member of a noble family and could become the next Earl of Highhurst. There are only eight minor issues, namely the other relatives who precede him in line for the title. So Monty does what any ambitious, highborn gentleman would do: he sets out to eliminate them one by one, all while juggling his mistress (O'Hare) (she’s after more than just love), his fiancée (Worsham) (she’s his cousin, but who’s keeping track?), plus the constant threat of landing behind bars! But it will all be worth it if he can slay his way into Highhurst Castle… and be done in time for tea. Each of the eight heirs perilously standing in the way of Monty’s fortune are played by Tony Award-winner Jefferson Mays, in one of the most breathtaking, whiplash-inducing performances ever attempted on the American stage."